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U.S. immigration agents have arrested two Mexican contractors who were helping to tackle the Bear Gulch fire in Olympic National Forest, Washington. Crew boss David Diaz said they were among 20 Mexican contract workers, all of whom carried work visas and passports, but they were arrested on suspicion of being in the U.S. illegally. Contracts with the two firefighting companies that had been brought in to help with the fire, which is only 13% contained, have now been terminated, according to Customs and Border Protection.

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NBC News · Federal agents arrest fire crew members at Washington wildfireBy Alicia Victoria Lozano

Hundreds of former and current staffers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and private citizens are rallying outside the agency's headquarters to show respect for director Susan Monarez and several members of staff who resigned in protest at her ousting. The White House has appointed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s deputy, Jim O'Neill, as the new acting CDC director. Monarez's lawyers told NBC News that she has not been lawfully fired, since the only person with authority to do that is President Trump. In an interview today, Dr. Debra Houry, the CDC's chief medical officer and one of the people who resigned yesterday said, "We reached our tipping point...America's public health is significantly in danger."

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NBC News · CDC crisis triggered by upcoming vaccine meeting, leading to director’s firing and resignationsBy Erika Edwards

Thanks to a loophole implemented in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is able to siphon resources and people from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The Lever reports that this now threatens preparedness for climate disasters across the country. Here's their story on how a package of reforms that was meant to protect FEMA's independence after the catastrophic mismanagement of Katrina led to it becoming a slush fund for ICE.

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The Lever · The Decades-Long Plan To Rob FEMA To Pay ICETrump is using regulatory tricks to funnel disaster-relief funds to immigration enforcement, even as climate disasters threaten millions.